Conservatives A-OK with closeted Boy Scouts

Conservatives don't want you to misunderstand their position on the BSA: Gays are fine -- if they stay closeted

Monday, May 20, 2013 6:06 PM UTC
Boy Scouts of America

The new geography of poverty

A recent analysis of census data reveals that suburban poverty is growing faster than ever

Monday, May 20, 2013 5:01 PM UTC
suburbs, suburbia, poor, Poverty

The truth in Kanye’s anti-prison rap

The rapper's incendiary "SNL" performance delivered condemnations of the prison industrial complex worth unpacking VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:10 PM UTC 17
Video, SNL, Kanye West

GOP attorney general candidate tried to force women to report miscarriages to police

Virginia Sen. Mark Obenshain wants to send women to jail who don't report their miscarriages to the police

Monday, May 20, 2013 3:24 PM UTC 24
Reproductive Rights, Virginia

Peggy Noonan hears a dog whistle

How desperate is GOP? It now fantasizes that Obama’s campaign was a coded order to the IRS to target the Tea Party

Monday, May 20, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 78
Peggy Noonan, Barack Obama, IRS

Pentagon adviser pushed Anthrax drug, which his firm produced

Biowarfare consultant prodded government to stockpile antidote, bringing $334 million to his biotech company

Monday, May 20, 2013 6:19 PM UTC
anthrax, Pentagon, Lobbying

Promotion for NYPD cop who cost city $1.5m in settlements

Daniel Sbarra's unit was repeatedly charged with violence, racial profiling -- yet he was made lieutenant

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:54 PM UTC
NYPD, stop-and-frisk, Ray Kelly

Obama to all-male university graduates: Be the best husband to “your boyfriend or partner”

The president's inclusive remarks were about "setting an example for what it means to be a man," Obama said VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 4:36 PM UTC
Video, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage

Chinese hackers resume attacks against U.S.

After three quiet months, cyberattacks traceable to a military unit have resumed, despite U.S. warnings

Monday, May 20, 2013 1:45 PM UTC
China, Unit 61398

Must-see morning clip: Facial recognition software identifies “faceprints”

The FBI is working on expanding its database of faces, but big business may be more aggressive VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 1:15 PM UTC
Video, faceprint

Georgian police slow to react to mob violence at gay rights march

No arrests have been made in a Friday attack that saw thousands hurl rocks and assault participants at a gay rally VIDEO

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:55 PM UTC
Video, anti-gay violence

Xenophobia only benefits the 1 percent

"Giant corporations are holding governments and citizens up for ransom" as they squabble with each other

Monday, May 20, 2013 12:48 PM UTC
Robert Reich, Xenophobia

Syrian troops move into strategic, rebel-held town

The latest advance could complicate U.S. and Russian efforts to persuade Assad to end the 26-month-old conflict

, Associated Press Monday, May 20, 2013 12:12 PM UTC
Associated Press, Syria

1 killed in Oklahoma tornado

The twister reduced portions of a mobile home park to rubble

, Associated Press Monday, May 20, 2013 11:52 AM UTC
Associated Press, Oklahoma

DOJ tracked movements, phone records of Fox reporter

Probing leaks over North Korea, the government surveilled James Rosen's every contact with State Department

Monday, May 20, 2013 9:55 AM UTC
james rosen, North Korea

Paul Krugman’s right: Austerity kills

Austerity kills -- radical cuts destroy economies and lives, and the honest numbers and economics keep proving it

and Sunday, May 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 204
Austerity, Books, New Deal

Jon Karl makes things worse

He regrets “inaccurate” Benghazi email but says his story based on it “still entirely stands.” Really. ABC News?

Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:04 PM UTC 73
Jon Karl, ABC news, Benghazi

How Guantanamo affects China: Our human rights hypocrisies

The U.S. uses the ideology of human rights as a political tool, embracing -- or ignoring -- it when convenient

Sunday, May 19, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 20
China, Guantanamo, Cold War

Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Nailing a dictator

From Guatemalan tyrants to Syrian dissidents, a look at the finest documentaries YouTube has to offer VIDEO

, The I Files Sunday, May 19, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Video

Alex Gibney: Julian Assange has become like “those he despises”

An Oscar-winning filmmaker defends his Col. Kurtz-style portrait of the WikiLeaks founder in "We Steal Secrets"

Saturday, May 18, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 68
Movies, Documentaries, Interviews

New Yorker launches tool by Aaron Swartz to protect leaks

Strongbox, co-created by the persecuted late technologist, is an open-source drop box for leaked documents

Saturday, May 18, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
AP, Aaron Swartz

Financial Times hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The Assad-aligned hackers hit the publication with a spearphishing attack

Friday, May 17, 2013 7:55 PM UTC
Hacking, Financial Times, Syria

Gitmo hunger strike reaches 100th day

30 out of more than 100 strikers are being tube-fed as the protest hits a grim milestone

Friday, May 17, 2013 7:36 PM UTC 18
gitmo, guantanamo hunger strike

New DSM, new debates over ADHD and autism

The ever-controversial manual now is broadening the definition of ADHD, narrowing that of autism

Friday, May 17, 2013 6:29 PM UTC 24
DSM-5, Psychiatry, Autism, ADHD

John Brennan makes surprise Israel trip over Syria concerns

The CIA chief met with Benjamin Netanyahu following recent Israeli airstrikes outside Demascus

Friday, May 17, 2013 3:10 PM UTC
John Brennan, CIA, Syria, Israel

Pentagon officials: Drone War on Terror is endless

At Congressional hearing, Defense officials defend AUMF and the boundless war-waging powers it grants

Friday, May 17, 2013 1:53 PM UTC
aumf, Pentagon, Drones

Toronto mayor reportedly caught on video smoking crack

A group in the drug trade is shopping around a video showing Rod Forb inhaling from a crack pipe

Friday, May 17, 2013 1:26 PM UTC
Crack, Gawker, rob ford, Toronto

Google Glass chief: “You’ll know” when someone is spying on you

The product director fails to allay privacy concerns with his comments about the computer headsets

Friday, May 17, 2013 1:05 PM UTC
Google, google glass, Privacy

California powers $550 lottery jackpot

The state has sold $83 million worth of Powerball tickets since April, 11 percent of the game's sales

and , Associated Press Friday, May 17, 2013 12:33 PM UTC
Associated Press, California

North Dakota lawmaker: Blame Roe v. Wade for school shootings

Rep. Kevin Cramer cited "abortion on demand" as the reason "our culture sees school shootings so often"

Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:28 PM UTC 29
Guns, Gun Violence, North Dakota

Take the Pope Francis tour of Buenos Aires and be pontiff for a day

A guided tour of biblical proportions

Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:17 PM UTC
pope francis, Argentina

U.K. hacker sentencing highlights U.S. overreach

LulzSec members in Britain receive maximum of 15 months, while hacktivist Jeremy Hammond faces life in prison here

Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:11 PM UTC 22
Jeremy Hammond, Hacking

Obama leaves room for whistle-blower prosecution

Comments about AP scandal aligned with shield law caveats, made "no apologies" for national security concerns

Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:51 PM UTC
Spying, AP, Barack Obama

Should Obama go Bulworth?

It’s no wonder a movie about the crisis of liberalism and race in the shadow of Clinton’s impeachment is appealing

Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:50 PM UTC 84
Barack Obama, Bulworth

Government to share cyber-vulnerabilites info with private sector

DHS is developing a system to use classified information gleaned on vulnerabilites to protect businesses

Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:29 PM UTC
cyberattacks, dhs

Lockheed Martin yet another victim of the sequester

CEO Marillyn Hewson frets about the fate of her billion-dollar defense company

Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:25 PM UTC
Lockheed Martin, sequester cuts

Report: 84 percent NY fast food workers report wage theft

A review of 500 restaurants found most companies fail to pay workers the wages they deserve

Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:42 PM UTC

Report: Millennials don’t like Abercrombie & Fitch

The preppy brand is tanking with consumers after its CEO's recent remarks about "larger people" made everyone angry

Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:36 PM UTC 45
american eagle

Conservative group says AARP promotes radical “homosexual agenda”

Not usually a target of anti-LGBT ire, the AARP has been accused of being a fringe organization

Thursday, May 16, 2013 4:16 PM UTC 27
Gay Rights, LGBT Rights

Study: Muscle men more politically conservative

Researchers in Denmark report a relationship between bicep size and support for progressive economic policies VIDEO

Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:32 PM UTC 13
Video, Science, Wealth, rich people